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United Kingdom <Cooperation with Each Country>

1-1) Field of Cooperation - BBSRC

JST and Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) has been supporting bilateral research projects in the area of "Bionanotechnology" from FY2004, and in the area of "Bionanotechnology, Structural Genomics and Proteomics" from FY2005. The calls for proposals in the above areas have been completed in FY2006. From FY 2008, JST and BBSRC have started to cooperate in the new area of "Systems Biology".

1-2) Field of Cooperation - EPSRC

From FY2008, JST and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) have started bilateral research projects in the area of "Advanced Materials".

1-3) Field of Cooperation - MRC

From FY2012, JST and Medical Research Council (MRC) have started bilateral research projects in the area of "Advanced health research".

3) Related Workshops Held

Related Workshops, etc
Month/Year Place Description
Feb 2008 Tokyo International Workshop on Future Challenges for Systems Biology: FCSB-2008
Feb 2010 Cambridge JST-EPSRC workshop on Oxide Electronics, Organic Electronics and Spintronics

4-1) Cooperative Research Projects with the BBSRC

"Systems Biology"
〜Systems Approaches to Addressing Food Security and Advancing Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy〜

"Systems Biology"
〜Systems Approaches to Addressing Food Security and Advancing Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy〜
Title
Research Leader in Japan
Research Leader in the U.K.
Period
Systems Approaches to Addressing Food Security: Novel methodology for pest control using key regulators of insect survival against infection
Shoichiro Kurata, Professor, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University
Shireen-anne Davies, Professor, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow
FY2012
 - 
FY2014

4-2) Cooperative Research Projects with the EPSRC

"Advanced Materials"

"Advanced Materials"
Title
Research Leader in Japan
Research Leader in the U.K.
Period
UK-Japanese Collaboration on Current-Driven Domain Wall Dynamics
Gen Tatara, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University
Christopher Marrows, Reader, School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Leeds
FY2011
 - 
FY2013
Transparent organic electronics based on graphene
Seigo Tarucha, Professor, Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo
William Barnes, Professor, Graphene Center, University of Exeter
FY2011
 - 
FY2013
Nonvolatile atom transistors and low-power logic systems
Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, Group Leader, Atomic Electronics Gr., WPI Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science
Hiroshi Mizuta, Professor, School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton
FY2011
 - 
FY2013
High performance room temperature thermoelectric oxide materials by controlling nanostructure
Ryoji Funahashi, Senior research scientist, Research Institute of Ubiquitous Energy, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology
Robert Freer, Professor, School of Materials, University of Manchester
FY2011
 - 
FY2013

5-1) Finished Projects with the BBSRC

"Bionanotechnology"

"Bionanotechnology"
Title
Research Leader in Japan
Research Leader in the U.K.
Period
Establishment of the Real-Time Motion-Capturing Technique for the Excitation Energy-Transfer among Photosynthetic Pigment-Protein Complexes Regularly Arranged in Nano-Space
Hideki Hashimoto, Professor,Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University
Richard J. Cogdell, Professor,Division of Biochemistry, IBLS,University of Glasgow
FY2004
 - 
FY2007
Dynamics of Membrane Proteins by High-Speed AFM
Takayuki Uchihashi, Research Associate, Graduate School of Natural Science & Technology, Kanazawa University
John Ryan, Professor,Physics/Bionanotechnology IRC, University of Oxford
FY2004
 - 
FY2007
Signal Transduction in Biology-Mechanistic Details at the Nanoscale Resolved Using Solid State NMR
Hideo Akutsu, Professor, Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University
Anthony Watts, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford
FY2004
 - 
FY2007
The Breakthrough of the Mechanism of Energy Conversion of Act Myosin Using the New Generational Nano-Measurement System
Akihiko Ishijima, Professor,
Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University
Claudia Veigel, Group Leader, Division of Physical Biochemistry, National Institute for Medical Research
FY2004
 - 
FY2007
System Bionanotechnology for Flagellar Motor Rotation and Chemo-Sensory Systems
Michio Homma, Professor, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University
Judith Patricia Armitage, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford
FY2004
 - 
FY2007
DNA Nanostructures
Keiichi Namba, Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University
Andrew Turberfield, Professor, Department of Physics, University of Oxford
FY2004
 - 
FY2007
Mechanism of Force Generation and Movement of Protein Motors Studied by Advanced Fluorescence Imaging
Kazuhiro Oiwa, Group Leader, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
Justin E. Molloy, Head, Division of Physical Biochemistry, National Institute for Medical Research
FY2004
 - 
FY2007
Single Molecule Detection of Neurological G-Protein Coupled Receptors in Membranes
Akihiro Kusumi, Professor, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University
Anthony Watts, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford
FY2004
 - 
FY2007
Computational Study on Conformational Changes in Proteins of Supra-Molecules
Hisashi Ishida, Researcher, Japan Atomic Energy Agency
Steven Hayward, Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences and School of Computing Sciences, University of East Anglia
FY2004
 - 
FY2007

"Bionanotechnology", "Structual Genomics and Proteomics"

"Bionanotechnology", "Structual Genomics and Proteomics"
Title
Research Leader in Japan
Research Leader in the U.K.
Period
In-silico Structural Interactome Study Based on Structural Genomics
Haruki Nakamura, Professor,
Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University
David Robert Westhead, Senior Lecturer, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Leeds University
FY2005
 - 
FY2008
Structural Studies of Membrane Proteins Relating to Energy Conversion an Ion Transport
Tomitake Tsukihara, Professor, Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University
Neil Isaacs, Professor, Division of Biochemistry, IBLS, University of Glasgow
FY2005
 - 
FY2008
Technology Development for Membrane Protein Crystallography Using Synchrotron Beam Lines
Soichi Wakatsuki, Professor, Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization
So Iwata, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Imperial College London
FY2005
 - 
FY2008
Receptor Protein Conformation and Its Functional Analysis in Single State
Keiichi Torimitsu, Executive Manager/Director, NTT Basic Research Laboratories
John Ryan, Professor, Physics/Bionanotechnology IRC, University of Oxford
FY2005
 - 
FY2008
Collaborative Studies on Analyses of Structure-Function of Novel and Useful Enzymes from Marine Algae, Undeveloped Gene Resources
Yoshikazu Izumi, Vice-President/Professor, Tottori University
Jenny Littlechild, Head/Professor, Biocatalysis Centre, University of Exeter
FY2005
 - 
FY2008
Protein-based Nanocomponents
Jeremy Tame, Professor, Yokohama City University
David Evans, Biological Chemistry, John Innes Center
FY2006
 - 
FY2009
Functional Analysis of Multi-Drug Efflux Transporter Based on the Crystal Structure
Satoshi Murakami, Associate Professor, Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University
Hendrik Willem van Veen, Senior Lecturer, Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge
FY2006
 - 
FY2009
Structural Study of Eukaryotic Macromolecular Complexes in Post-Transcriptional Regulation
Yutaka Muto, Team Leader, Genomic Science Center, RIKEN
Carol Robinson, Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge
FY2006
 - 
FY2009
The Structure of Core Complexes from Purple and Helio Bacteria as Determined by X-Ray Crystallography and Feed-Back Regulation of Energy-Transfer and Electron-Transfer Reactions as Revealed by Femtosecond Laser Spectroscopy
Yasushi Koyama, Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University
Richard John Cogdell, Professor, Division of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Glasgow
FY2006
 - 
FY2009
Towards Systematic Production and Structure Determination of Membrane Proteins
Mikako Shirouzu, Team Leader, Genomic Sciences Center, RIKEN
So Iwata, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Imperial College London
FY2006
 - 
FY2009

"Systems Biology"

"Systems Biology"
Title
Research Leader in Japan
Research Leader in the U.K.
Period
High-throughput quantitative immunofluorescence assaying and stochastic modeling of signaling networks at the single cell level
Shinya Kuroda, Professor, Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of science, University of Tokyo
Michael Stumpf, Professor, Division of Molecular Biosciences, Imperial College London
FY2009
 - 
FY2011
Development and analysis of technologies for measurement of protein interactions in living cells
Takeaki Ozawa, Professor, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, University of Tokyo
Michael White, Professor, School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool
FY2009
 - 
FY2011
From text to pathways: text mining techniques for reconstructing signalling pathways
Hiroaki Kitano, President, The Systems Biology Institute
Ananiadou Sophia, Reader in Text Mining, School of Computer Science, University of Manchester
FY2009
 - 
FY2011
UK-Japan collaboration on microbial systems biology for integration of different levels of information toward whole cell modeling
Kazuyuki Shimizu, Professor, Bioscience and Bioinformatics, Kyushu Institute of Technology
Johnjoe McFadden, Professor, School of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Universiry of Surry
FY2009
 - 
FY2011
Systems biology of pluripotent stem cells: meta-analysis and simulation of transcriptional circuitries to understand robust-yet-flexible heterogeneity
Hitoshi Niwa, Team Leader, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology
Austin Smith, Professor, Centre for Stem Cell Research, University of Cambridge
FY2010
 - 
FY2012
Dynamic mathematical modeling of diversification of transcriptional regulatory networks underlying the genetic variation of E. coli species
Naotake Ogasawara, Professor, Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Dov Stekel, Associate Professor, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham
FY2010
 - 
FY2012
Dynamics and Robustness of Biological Networks
Hisao Moriya, Designated Assistant Professor, Research Core for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Okayama University
Judith Armitage, Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Oxford Centre for Integrative Systems Biology, University of Oxford
FY2010
 - 
FY2012
Modelling the transcriptomic, proteomic and metabolic redox regulation in yeast.
Masaru Tomita, Director, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University
Ken Haynes, Professor, Microbiology, Imperial College London
FY2010
 - 
FY2012

5-2) Finished Projects with the EPSRC

"Advanced Materials"

"Advanced Materials"
Title
Research Leader in Japan
Research Leader in the U.K.
Period
Novel Quantum Mqtter in Correlated Oxides
Hidenori Takagi, Professor, Advanced Materials Science, University of Tokyo
Nigel Edward Hussey, Professor, H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol
FY2008
 - 
FY2011
Radical New Materials for Electronics
Kunio Awaga, Professor, Research Center for Materials Science, Nagoya University
Neil Robertson, Senior Lecturer, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh
FY2008
 - 
FY2011
Electronic Properties of Polymers and Organic Crystals(EPPOC)
Jun-ichi Takeya, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University
Hennning Sirringhaus, Professor, Hitachi Professor of Electron Device Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University
FY2008
 - 
FY2011
Efficient Spin Voltage/Current Generation in a Ferromagnet/Semiconductor Lateral Spin-Valve
Yuzo Ohno, Associate Professor, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University
Atsufumi Hirohata, Lecturer, Department of Electronics, University of York
FY2009
 - 
FY2011
Functional Oxide Materials Discovery using Extreme Conditions
Yuichi Shimakawa, Professor, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University
John Paul Attfield, Professor, Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions/School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh
FY2009
 - 
FY2011
Enhanced Solar Light Harvesting and Charge Transport in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Takurou N. Murakami, Assitant Professor, Biomedical Engineering Department, Toin University of Yokohama
Henry J Snaith, RCUK Fellow/Lecturer in Photovoltaics, Physics Department, University of Oxford
FY2009
 - 
FY2011
Quantum spintronics using donors in isotopically engineered silicon
Kohei Itoh, Professor, Applied Physics Department, Keio University
John J. L. Morton, RS URF, Materials Department, Oxford University
FY2009
 - 
FY2012
Demonstration of high-frequency oscillation in a Co-based Heusler alloy tunnel junction
Seiji Mitani, Group Leader, Magnetic Materials Center, National Institute for Materials Science
Atsufumi Hirohata, Lecturer, Department of Electronics, University of York
FY2009
 - 
FY2012
Modelling of graphene-based spintronic devices
Mikito Koshino, Assistant Professor, Physics Department, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Edward McCann, Lecturer, Physics Department, Lancaster University
FY2009
 - 
FY2012

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